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PART I.
GENERAL AND PARTICULAR REFERENCES, EXCEPT TO NAMES OF CLAIMANTS.
PART II.
PARTICULAR REFERENCES TO PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS.
PART I.
For an increase of compensation to deputy surveyors ... 326
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on land claim of John Jeffers ... 427
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on land claim of Lewis Durett ... 429
Memorial of general assembly of, against distribution of proceeds of public lands, and favoring extension of pre-emption laws ... 434
Memorial of general assembly of, for extension of pre-emption laws ... 450
Memorial of general assembly of, for exchange of sixteenth sections ... 451
Memorial of citizens of, for repeal of the act of March 2, 1829 ... 453
Memorial of general assembly for a grant of land to the Mobile Bay and Tennessee Valley railroad ... 512
Memorial of general assembly for a reduction of the price of public lands, granting pre-emption rights, and against distribution of proceeds of sale of public lands ... 512
Report of Committee on Public Lands on application for reduction of the price of lands sold in 1818 and 1819 ... 534
Report of Committee on Indian Affairs (H. R.) on claim of Poas Hadgo ... 581
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on claim of Joel Chandler ... 586
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on application for a reduction of the minimum price of lands ... 589
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on petition of Etienne La Lande ... 589
Report of Committee on Indian Affairs on claim of Usseyoholo ... 658
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on granting land for railroad ... 666
Report of select committee (H. R.) in favor of giving effect to the compacts with Alabama and Mississippi in respect to the five per cent. fund ... 697
Commissioner of Public Lands to Senate relative to the establishment of a land district in Alabama ... 877
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on claim of James Innerarity ... 888
Report of Committee on Public Land Claims (H. R.) on claim of Jas. A. Williams ... 910
Report of Committee on Public Land Claims (H. R.) on claim of John Hollinsworth ... 912
Report of Committee on Public Land Claims (H. R.) on claim of Wm. Jas. Aarons ... 912
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (S.) on claim of Samuel Smith ... 924
Application of, for extension of pre-emption laws to settlers on lands acquired from the Cherokee Indians ... 926
Application of, for authority to use her two per cent. fund for internal improvements ... 929
Application of, for the entry of lands that have been in market over seven years ... 930
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on claims of E. Moreland, W. M. Kennedy, R. J. Kennedy, and Mason E. Lewis ... 931
Secretary of the Treasury to Senate relative to lands granted to Arkansas for the erection of public buildings at Little Rock ... 977
Application of, for donation of land to settlers removed by treaty with Choctaw Indians ... 245
Application for provision to reclaim alluvial lands ... 245
Application for land for a road and for buildings at the seat of government ... 246
Application for grant to H. M. Shreeve ... 246
Relative to levees for reclaiming overflowed public lands on Arkansas and Red rivers. ... 296, 315
Report of Commissioners upon certain land claims in ... 316--323
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on
petition of T. P. Eskridge and A. Fisk. ... 329
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Indemnity for improvements west of Arkansas ceded to the Choctaws ... 399--406
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on land claim of Mary Tucker ... 426
Remonstrance of citizens against the confirmation of grant to C. de Villemont ... 543
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on draining lands on Mississippi and Arkansas rivers ... 603
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on claims in Louisiana and Arkansas ... 607
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) in favor of land grant for road from Jefferson City to Little Rock ... 670
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) in favor of reissuing a warrant ... 340
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on petition of Simon Wright ... 428
Application of Indiana for bounty land to the militia in the war of 1812-'15 ... 457
Secretary of Treasury to House of Representatives in relation to unsatisfied land warrants ... 511
Report of Private Land Claims Committee (H. R.) on petition of W. C. Hazard ... 531
Report of Private Land Claims Committee (H. R.) on petition of Benjamin Oden ... 532
Report of Private Land Claims Committee (H. R.) on petition of Daniel Warner ... 533
Report of Private Land Claims Committee (S.) on petition of heirs of John H. Stone ... 542
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H R ) on land warrants for revolutionary service ... 582
Report of Committee on Public Lands (S.) on petition of H. B. Tyler ... 591
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on petition of Samuel and John Rowe ... 592
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) in favor of granting to militia of late war with Great Britain ... 658
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on petition of Aaron Stout ... 664
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on petition of Thomas Todd ... 702
Report of Committee on Revolutionary Claims (H. R.) on petition of Levi Chadwick ... 707
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on petition of William Clark ... 708
Report of clerk of War Department to Congress of number of bounty land claims and warrants issued during 1836 ... 889
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on claim of Francis Jarvis ... 914
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on the satisfaction of military land warrants for revolutionary services ... 925
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on claim of S. Burton, jr. ... 936
To Secretary of the Treasury United States, relative to pre-emption laws ... 510
To Secretary of the Treasury United States, relative to unsatisfied military land warrants ... 511
To Committee on Public Lands, (S.,) relative to reorganizing the General Land Office ... 520
To Committee on Public Lands, (S.,) relative to frauds under pre-emption laws ... 535
To Secretary of the Treasury United States, relative to construction of pre-emption laws, 1830 and 1834 ... 549
Circular to land offices relative to construction of pre-emption laws, 1830 and 1834 ... 552, 554
To Committee on Roads and Canals, (H. R.,) relative to unsold lands on the Vincennes and New Albany road ... 556
To Secretary of the Treasury United States, relative to reorganizing the General Land Office ... 567
To Committee on Public Lands, (H. R.,) relative to surveyor general's office west of Lake Michigan ... 579
To Committee on Public Lands, (H. R.,) relative to bounty land for revolutionary services ... 582
To Committee on Public Lands, (H. R.,) relative to land in aid of Illinois Central railroad ... 595
To Committee on Public Lands, (H. R.,) relative to increase of force in the General Land Office ... 602
To Secretary of the Treasury United States, relative to frauds under the pre-emption laws ... 611
To registers and receivers in Louisiana, relative to frauds under the pre-emption laws ... 615
To register at Mount Salus, Miss., relative to frauds under the pre-emption laws ... 628
To registers and receivers (circular) relative to frauds under the pre-emption laws. ... 638, 640
To Secretary of the Treasury United States, relative to land surveys in Illinois and Missouri ... 647
To Secretary of the Treasury United States, relative to bounty lands to militia in late war ... 662
To Secretary of the Treasury United States, relative to amount of lands sold and unsold ... 669
To Secretary of the Treasury United States, relative to land secured under pre-emption laws ... 700
To Secretary of the Treasury United States, relative to claim to land in Louisiana ... 703
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To Committee on Public Lands, (S.,) relative to a new land district in Louisiana ... 705
To Secretary of the Treasury United States, relative to land claims in Missouri ... 789
To Committee on Public Lands, (S.,) relative to establishing a land district in Alabama ... 877
To Secretary of the Treasury United States, relative to confirmation of sales in certain cases ... 888
To Secretary of the Treasury United States, relative to the operations of the General Land Office ... 892
To Secretary of the Treasury United States, relative to the validity of land claims in Louisiana ... 919
To Committee on Public Lands, (H. R.,) relative to claims for loss of improvements ... 931
To Secretary of the Treasury United States, relative to statements of money received for lands ... 933
To Secretary of the Treasury United States, relative to operations of the Fort Wayne land office ... 943
On certain land claims in Arkansas ... 316--323
Final reports of the board of commissioners on private land claims in Missouri, under act of July 9, 1832 ... 20--243
Transmitting to the House of Representatives a memorial from the inhabitants of Scott county, Missouri, asking for survey and sale of lands therein ... 336
In reference to requiring registers to indorse field-notes ... 339
To Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the cost of the public lands ... 407
To Senate Committee on Public Lands, relative to the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands ... 420
To Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands ... 422
To Committee on Public Lands, (H. R.,) relative to the establishment of a land office in Louisiana ... 427
To Secretary of the Treasury, relative to frauds in pre-emption claims ... 443
To registers and receivers of land offices in Louisiana, relative to frauds in pre-emption claims ... 445
To Secretary of the Treasury, relative to location of Wabash and Erie canal lands ... 461
To Governor of Indiana, relative to location of the Wabash and Erie canal lands ... 464
To Canal Commissioners, relative to location of Wabash and Erie canal lands ... 464
To Secretary of State of Indiana, relative to location of Wabash and Erie canal lands ... 466
To Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, relative to location of Wabash and Erie canal lands ... 467
To Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, relative to land claims in Louisiana ... 487
To Senate Committee on Public Lands, relative to surveyor general of Illinois ... 498
To Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, relative to land for seminary in Louisiana ... 501
To Governor of Louisiana, relative to land for seminary in Louisiana ... 504
To register and receiver, relative to land for seminary in Louisiana ... 504
To Nathaniel West, jr., relative to operations of Fort Wayne land office ... 945
To Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, relative to frauds in purchase of lands in Louisiana ... 949, 951
To V. M. Garesche, relative to frauds in purchase of lands in Louisiana ... 953, 955
Circulars of caution relative to frauds in purchase of lands in Louisiana ... 955
To Committee on Private Land Claims, relative to claim of John Fletcher, of Louisiana ... 976
To Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, relative to lands granted to Arkansas ... 978
To Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, relative to confirmed land claims in Louisiana ... 983
To Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, relative to surveys of public lands in Illinois and Missouri ... 986
Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) relative to certain pre-emption claims in ... 332
Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims (S.) on application of Duncan L. Clinch ... 433
Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on petition of Wm. Baker ... 493
Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on petition of Louis Le Gras de Vobeceye ... 494
Report of the Committee on Public Land Claims (H. R.) on petition of Peter Alba ... 531
Application of legislature of, for a grant of land to the East Florida Railroad Co ... 557
Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on claim of Joseph E. Padro ... 709
Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on claim of Jos. Hernandez ... 912
Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on claim of Jennett Willis ... 925
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
District attorney of Louisiana to President of the United States ... 538
John Erwin to Commissioner of the General Land Office ... 540
With numerous affidavits from Sumter county, 540
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Commissioner of General Land Office to Senate on ... 535
Practiced under pre-emption laws ... 610
Secretary of Treasury to Senate on frauds in purchase of lands in Louisiana ... 949
Application to change worthless school lands for better ... 384
For correcting conflicting locations of surveys ... 385
Report of the Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on petition of Samuel Dickerson ... 440
Report of the Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on petition of Illinois for the improvement of Wabash river ... 458
Report of the Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on establishing a new land district in ... 495
Commissioner of General Land Office to Senate on the creation of the surveyor general's office for ... 496
Report of the Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on petition of Gideon Blackburn ... 577
Report of the Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on petition of Daniel Malone ... 581
Report of the Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on petition of Illinois Central railroad ... 593
Secretary of Treasury to House of Representatives relative to survey of public lands in ... 645
Report of the Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) in favor of granting lands in lieu of 16th section to certain citizens of ... 706
Report of the Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) in favor of correcting an error in entry of land in ... 707
Report of the Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) in favor of granting land in lieu of 16th section ... 887
Report of the Committee on Public Lands (S.) on claim of James Dutton ... 928
Application of Illinois for a grant of land on the Illinois river to aid in draining it ... 929
Application of Illinois for a grant of land to aid in improving the Kaskaskia river ... 929
Secretary of Treasury to House of Representatives relative to surveys of public land in Illinois and Missouri ... 986
Resolution of general assembly of, for grant of land to Margaret Nation ... 451
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims on claim of Zebulon Sheets ... 455
President of United States to Senate on application of Indiana to have certain lands in that State withheld from sale ... 456
Application of, for a correction of entries on the books of the General Land Office of the Michigan road lands ... 456
Application of, for grant of land for turnpike from Fort Wayne to Richmond ... 457
Application of, for bounty land to militia of war of 1812--'15 ... 457
Secretary of the Treasury to House of Representatives on selection of lands for construction of the Wabash and Erie canal, in ... 460
Application of, for the cession of certain unreclaimed lands near Vincennes to inhabitants of French extraction ... 511
Commissioner of General Land Office to House of Representatives; statement of lands unsold on line of road from New Albany to Vincennes ... 556
Application of Indiana legislature for the extinguishment of titles of Pottawatomie and Miami Indians to lands in ... 667
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on claim of Norman Holt ... 911
Secretary of the Treasury to House of Representatives on the operations of the land office at Fort Wayne ... 938
Application of Indiana for sale of the reserved lands of the Wabash and Erie canal ... 977
Application of Indiana in relation to claims of French and Canadian settlers at Vincennes ... 983
Losses in Arkansas by the Choctaw treaty ... 399,407
Memorial of citizens of Mississippi opposed to the location of the Choctaw reservation in that State ... 430
Memorial of sundry Choctaws for indemnity for being deprived of their reservations ... 432
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on granting land to heirs of certain persons killed by the Sacs and Foxes ... 455
Remonstrance of citizens of Mississippi against the manner of executing the 14th article of Dancing Rabbit Creek treaty with Choctaws ... 498
Report of Committee on Indian Affairs (H. R.) on claim of J. B. Hancock ... 557
Report of Committee on Indian Affairs (H. R.) on claim of Allen Yates ... 563
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (S.) on claims of sundry Choctaws ... 564
Report of Committee on Indian Affairs (H. R.) on claims of certain Choctaws to reservations under treaty of 1830 ... 580
Report of Committee on Indian Affairs (H. R.) on petition of Poas Hadgo ... 581
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on claims to pre-emption rights covered by Indian reservations ... 665
Application of Indiana legislature for the extinguishment of titles of Pottawatomie and Miami Indians to land in said State ... 667
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Report of Committee on Indian Affairs (S.) on claims under treaty with Choctaws ... 672
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (S.) on claim for the loss of Indian reservations in Alabama ... 924
Application of Alabama for extension of pre-emption laws to settlers on lands acquired from the Cherokees ... 926
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (S.) on claims to reservations of lands under treaty with Choctaws ... 927
Application of Wisconsin for the extension of the pre-emption laws to the lands recently acquired from the Indians ... 928
Application of the legislature of, for distribution of proceeds of public lands ... 657
Quantity of public land sold, and amount paid for the same, from 1787 to 1835 ... 2
Special sales of, prior to opening of land offices3
Amount of army land warrants, United States and Mississippi stock, forfeited land stock, &c., received in payment for ... 3
Grants of bounties during the late war; grants for colleges and schools, for roads and canals, for seats of government, and for saline reservations 3, ... 4
Operations of the General Land Office and the several land offices during 1834, and the first, second, and third quarters of 1835 ... 4--20
Final reports of the board of commissioners on private land claims in Missouri, under the act of July 9, 1832 ... 20--243
Memorial of the legislature of Missouri for grant of lands for educational purposes ... 244
Application of Missouri for a new land district ... 245
Application of Arkansas for land for road and buildings ... 246
Application of Arkansas for grant of land to H. M. Shreeve ... 246
Number of Spanish claims to land depending in the courts of Florida ... 247--296
Alleged grants of, for building saw mills, (vide C) ... 267--269
Levees for reclaiming overflowed public lands on the Mississippi, Red, Arkansas, and Missouri rivers ... 296--315
Land claims in Arkansas.--Report of commissioners ... 316--323
Application of Louisiana for grant of ... 323
Application of Louisiana for grant of, to make a road and levee ... 324
Application of Louisiana for grant of, to construct a railroad from Springfield ... 324
Application of Louisiana for grant of, to make levees on the public lands ... 324
Application of Louisiana for grant of, to construct the Atchafalaya railroad ... 325
Application of Missouri for distribution of funds arising from sale of seminary lands among the primary schools ... 325
For confirmation of grants of, on the boundaries of Alabama and Georgia ... 326
Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims on the petition of William Bowman ... 327
Application of Beale's rifle company for a grant of, on account of extraordinary services in defence of New Orleans ... 328
Report of Committee on Public Lands on the petition of T. P. Eskridge and Alvarez Fisk ... 329
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on petition of Daniel Smith ... 329
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on graduation of price of ... 330, 331
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on the petition of Farish Carter and Seaton Grantland ... 332
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on petition of D. Browning ... 332
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on petition of J. Boone ... 333
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on petition of Don L. R. Orillon ... 333
The same on the petition of August Brazeau ... 334
Application of Illinois for grants to early settlers ... 335
Survey and sale of lands in Scott county, Missouri ... 336
Memorial from citizens of Mississippi concerning certain reservations to Choctaw Indians, and to extend pre-emption rights ... 337
Memorial from citizens of Missouri asking that registers may be required to indorse field-notes of patents for lands ... 338
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) in case of the heirs of J. Smith ... 339
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) granting more land to Arkansas Territory to finish the legislative house ... 339
Land claims in Louisiana.--Report of register and receiver at New Orleans ... 343--381
Purchase and management of public lands ... 384
Donations to indemnify those whose lands were ceded to the Choctaws ... 399--406
Management of public lands, quantity sold, and amount received for ... 406--407
Distribution of proceeds of sales of, and granting lands to certain States ... 408
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (S.) on the petition of Arthur Bronson ... 426
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on the petition of Mary Tucker ... 426
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on the petition of John Jeffers ... 427
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on establishing a land office in Louisiana ... 427
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on petition of John Eloy Rachal ... 428
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Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on the petition of William Gann ... 428
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on the petition of Simon Wright ... 428
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on the petition of Bernard Rogan ... 429
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on the petition of Lewis Durett ... 429
Petition of citizens of Arkansas, Tennessee, Louisiana, and Mississippi, relative to reclaiming lands south and west of the Mississippi and Arkansas rivers ... 430
Memorial of citizens of Mississippi adverse to the location of the Choctaw reservation in Mississippi ... 430
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (S.) on memorial of Duncan L. Clinch ... 433
Resolution of the general assembly of Indiana relating to the purchase of ... 434
Memorial of general assembly of Alabama against distribution of proceeds of public lands, and favoring the extension of pre-emption laws ... 434
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on claim of Green Pryor ... 436
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on claim of Samuel Dickerson ... 440
Secretary of the Treasury, with report of Commissioner of General Land Office in relation to frauds in pre-emption claims ... 441
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on the establishment of a new land office in Missouri ... 448
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on granting pre-emptions to actual settlers ... 448
Memorial of general assembly of Alabama for extention of pre-emption laws ... 450
Memorial of general assembly of Alabama for exchange of sixteenth sections ... 451
Memorial of general assembly of Indiana for grant of land to Margaret Nation ... 451
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (S.) on petition of Eloy Segura ... 452
Memorial of citizens of Alabama for repeal of act of March 2, 1829 ... 453
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R ) on petition of John Wiley and Jefferson Greer ... 454
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on petition of Jane Scammakon and Susan Hazleton ... 455
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on petition of Zebulon Sheets ... 455
Report of Committee on Public Lands on petition of W. L. S. Dearing ... 455
President of the United States to Senate on application of Indiana to have certain lands in that State withheld from sale ... 456
Resolution of general assembly of Indiana for a correction of entries on the books of the General Land Office of Michigan road lands ... 456
Resolution of general assembly of Indiana for grant for turnpike from Fort Wayne to Richmond ... 457
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R ) on improvement of Wabash river ... 458
Secretary of the Treasury to House of Representatives on selection of lands for construction of the Wabash and Erie canal in Indiana ... 460
Secretary of the Treasury to House of Representatives in relation to land claims in Louisiana ... 487
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on petition of William Baker ... 493
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on petition of L. Le Gras de Vobeceye ... 494
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on the establishment of a new land district in Illinois ... 495
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on the petition of John Whitsitt ... 495
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on the Salt Lick reservation, in Tennessee ... 496
Commissioner of General Land Office to Senate on the creation of a surveyor general's office in Illinois ... 496
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims on petition of heirs of Wm. Conway ... 497
Application of Rhode Island for distribution of the proceeds of sales of public lands ... 497 Remonstrance of citizens of Mississippi against the manner of executing the 14th article of Dancing Rabbit Creek treaty with Choctaw Indians ... 498
Secretary of the Treasury to House of Representatives on location of land for a seminary in Louisiana ... 501
Application of Mississippi for the rejection of certain claims to land ... 506
Secretary of the Treasury to Senate on the construction of the law granting pre-emption rights to actual settlers ... 510
Secretary of the Treasury to House of Representatives in relation to unsatisfied land warrants ... 511
Application of Indiana for the cession of certain unreclaimed lands to inhabitants of French extraction ... 511
Application of Alabama for a grant of land to the Mobile Bay and Tennessee Valley railroad ... 512
Application of Alabama for a reduction of the price of public lands, granting pre-emption rights, and against distribution of proceeds of sale of public lands ... 512
Application of Michigan for survey and sale of public lands in that State ... 514
Opinion of Supreme Court upon certain land claims in Missouri ... 515
Commissioner of General Land Office to Senate on reorganization of General Land Office ... 520
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on application for grant of land to aid in construction of Missouri and Mississippi railroad ... 530
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims on petition of Wm. C. Hazard ... 531
Report of Committee on Public Lands on petition of Peter Alba ... 531
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims on petition of Benjamin Oden ... 532
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Report of Committee on Public Lands on application for a reduction of the price of lands sold in Alabama in 1818 and 1819 ... 534
Remonstrances of citizens of Arkansas against the confirmation of grant to Carlos de Villemont ... 543
Application of Kentucky legislature for land to soldiers in late war with Great Britain who served less than five years ... 548
Application of Louisiana legislature for a new land office at Natchitoches ... 548
Application of Louisiana legislature for increase of compensation of the officers of the land offices in that State ... 549
Application of Pennsylvania legislature for distribution of the proceeds of the sales of public lands ... 555
Commissioner of General Land Office to House of Representatives.--Statement of lands unsold on line of road from New Albany to Vincennes ... 556
Application of Florida legislature for a grant of land to the East Florida Railroad Company ... 557
Report of Committee on Indian Affairs (H. R.) on claim of J. B. Hancock ... 557
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on claim of Solomon Sturges ... 560
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on petition of "Woodward High School" ... 561
Report of Committee on Indian Affairs (H. R.) on petition of Allen Yates ... 563
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (S.) on petition of Choctaws ... 564
Secretary of the Treasury to House of Representatives on reorganization of General Land Office ... 567
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on petition of Gideon Blackburn ... 577
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on petition of James Brewer ... 578
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on the establishment of a surveyor general's office west of Lake Michigan ... 579
Report of Committee on Indian Affairs (H. R.) on petition of certain Choctaws claiming reservations under treaty of 1830 ... 580
Report of Committee on Indian Affairs (H. R.) on petition of Poas Hadgo ... 581
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on petition of Daniel Malone ... 581
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on land warrants for revolutionary services ... 582
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on petition of Joel Chandler ... 586
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on granting land to Polish exiles ... 587
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on application of Alabama for a reduction of the minimum price of lands ... 589
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on petition of Etienne La Lande ... 589
Report of Committee on Public Lands (S.) on ceding to Ohio lands therein ... 590
Report of Committee on Public Lands (S.) on granting lands to colleges in the new States ... 590
Report of Committee on Public Lands (S.) on selling lands in 40-acre lots ... 591
Report of Committee on Public Lands (S.) on petition of H. B. Tyler ... 591
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on petition of Samuel and John Rowe ... 592
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on petition of Illinois Central railroad ... 593
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on petition of Chas. A. Grignon ... 595
Petitions of citizens of St. Louis relative to sand-bar in front of St. Louis ... 597
Application of Louisiana legislature for settlement of claims held under the Spanish grants ... 601
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on petition of George C. Willard ... 601
Commissioner of General Land Office to House of Representatives relative to increase of force in his office ... 602
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on draining lands on Mississippi and Arkansas rivers ... 603
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims on claims to land in Louisiana and Arkansas ... 607
Application of Maryland legislature for distribution of proceeds of public lands ... 609
Secretary of Treasury to House of Representatives relative to frauds under pre-emption laws ... 610
Report of D. A. Spaulding relative to selection of lands granted to Polish exiles ... 644
Secretary of Treasury to House of Representatives relative to surveys of public lands in Illinois and Missouri ... 645
Application of Kentucky legislature for distribution of proceeds of public lands ... 657
Report of Committee on Indian Affairs (H. R.) on claim to a Creek reserve in Alabama ... 658
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) in favor of granting bounty lands to militia who served in late war with Great Britain ... 658
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on claims to land in Louisiana ... 663
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on claim to bounty land of Aaron Stout ... 664
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on claims to pre-emption rights covered by Indian reserves ... 665
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) in favor of granting land to Alabama for railroad ... 666
Secretary of Treasury to House of Representatives on quantity of land entered at Augusta, Mississippi, to 1830 ... 667
Application of Indiana legislature for the extinguishment of title of the Pottawatomie and Miami Indians to lands in said State ... 667
Application of Massachusetts for the distribution of proceeds of public lands ... 668
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Secretary of Treasury to House of Representatives showing quantity of land sold and unsold, grants for various purposes ... 668
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) in favor of land grant for road from Jefferson City, Missouri, to Little Rock, Arkansas ... 670
Report of Committee on Public Lands (S.) on claim for relinquishment of interest on a debt incurred by a purchase of public lands ... 671
Report of Committee on Indian Affairs (H. R.) on claims under treaty with Choctaws ... 672
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Testimony of Colonel G. W. Martin ... 676
Secretary of War (acting) to G. W. Martin ... 681
Secretary of War to G. W. Martin ... 681
Elbert Herring to G. W. Martin ... 682
George W. Martin to Secretary of War ... 682, 690
George W. Martin's circular ... 684
George W. Martin's circular ... 685
Register of Choctaw names entered previous to August 24, 1831 ... 686
Superintendent of Choctaws to Secretary of War ... 687
Superintendent of Choctaws to Elbert Herring ... 687
George W. Martin to Wm. Howse ... 690
Affidavit of Gabriel Lincecum ... 691
Affidavit of Grant Lincecum ... 692
Affidavit of Adam James ... 693
Affidavits of R. H. Grant and Jefferson Clements ... 693
Affidavit of John C. Whitsett ... 694
Affidavit of James Oxberry ... 695
George S. Gaines to George W. Martin ... 696
George W. Martin to John J. Dillard ... 696
Certificates of J. A. Marshall, J. J. Dillard, and B. F. Bullock ... 696
Report of select committee (H. R.) in favor of giving effect to the compacts with Alabama and Mississippi in respect to the five per cent. fund ... 697
Secretary of Treasury to Senate, with statement of the land secured to claimants under the pre-emption laws ... 700
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on claim of Thomas Todd ... 702
Secretary of Treasury to House of Representatives on claim of Robert Bell ... 702
Commissioner of General Land Office to Senate on creation of a new land district in Louisiana ... 705
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on claim of Thomas M. Burland ... 706
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) in favor of granting lands in lieu of 16th section to certain citizens of Illinois ... 706
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) in favor of correcting an error in entry of land in Illinois ... 707
Report of Committee on Revolutionary Claims (H. R.) on petition of Levi Chadwick ... 707
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on petition of William Clark ... 708
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on petition of Joseph E Padro ... 709
Application of citizens on Mississippi river for constructing levees ... 709
President of United States to Senate, with papers in case of Samuel Gwin, register of land office at Chocchuma, Mississippi ... 711
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims on claim of George Rowe ... 788
Secretary of Treasury to House of Representatives, with opinions and arguments respecting land claims in Missouri ... 789
Report of Committee on Roads and Canals (H. R.) on title to island opposite St. Louis ... 873
Commissioner of Public Lands to Senate relative to the establishment of a land district in Alabama ... 877
Report of select committee (S.) on the graduation and reduction of the price of ... 877
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on granting to the inhabitants of a township in Illinois lands in lieu of their 16th section ... 887
Secretary of Treasury to Senate on confirmation of the sale of public land in certain cases ... 888
Commissioner of General Land Office on confirmation of the sale of public land in certain cases ... 888
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on petition of James Innerarity ... 888
Report of clerk of War Department to Congress of number of claims for bounty land and warrants issued during 1836 ... 889
Secretary of Treasury to House of Representatives on the operations of General Land Office during 1836 ... 890
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on petition of James A. Williams ... 910
Secretary of Treasury to Senate that gold and silver only be received for public lands ... 910
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on petition of Norman Holt ... 911
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on petition of James Morrison ... 911
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on petition of Jehu Hollinsworth ... 912
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on petition of Wm. Jas. Aarons ... 912
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on petition of Jos. Hernandez ... 912
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on petition of Polly Lemon ... 913
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on petition of Fras. Jarvis ... 914
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on various claims in Louisiana ... 914
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on claim of Thos. Reddock ... 915
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (S.) on claim of purchasers in Arkansas ... 915
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Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on allowing certain pre-emption claims under the act of June 19, 1834 ... 916
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on petition of Hiner Stigermire ... 917
Secretary of Treasury to House of Representatives on payments to the new States out of the five per cent. proceeds of sales of public lands ... 917
Secretary of Treasury to House of Representatives on the validity of land claims in the southeastern district of Louisiana ... 918
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (S.) on continuing in force the acts for the adjustment of private land claims in Missouri ... 923
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (S.) on claim of Samuel Smith ... 924
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on the satisfaction of military land warrants, (revolutionary service) ... 925
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on petition of Jennett Willis ... 925
Application of Alabama for extension of pre-emption laws to settlers on the lands acquired from the Cherokee Indians ... 926
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on petition of Wilson Thorp ... 926
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (S.) on claims to reservations of land under treaty with Choctaws ... 927
Report of Committee on Public Lands (S.) on claim of James Dutton ... 928
Application of Wisconsin for the extension of the pre-emption laws to the lands recently acquired from the Indians ... 928
Application of Illinois for a grant of land on the Illinois river to aid in draining it ... 929
Application of Illinois for a grant of land to aid in improvement of the Kaskaskia river ... 929
Application of Alabama for authority to use her two per cent. fund for internal improvements ... 929
Application of Alabama for the entry of lands that have been in market over seven years ... 930
Application of Wisconsin for the money arising from sale of town lots ... 930
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on claims of E. Moreland, W. M. Kennedy, R. J. Kennedy, and M. E Lewis ... 931
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on claim of Mary Sroufe ... 932
Secretary of Treasury to Senate, statement of money received for public lands during 1836 ... 933
Application of citizens of Virginia for distribution of proceeds of sales of public lands ... 936
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on claim of S. Burton, jr ... 936
Application of Ohio for land granted for the Miami canal, and afterwards sold by the United States ... 937
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (S.) on petition of Wm. Barclay ... 937
Secretary of Treasury to House of Representatives on the operations of the land office at Fort Wayne ... 938
Secretary of Treasury to Senate on the frauds in purchase of lands in Louisiana ... 949
Application of St. Louis for the rejection of any claims to land within the limits of the common of that city ... 975
Application of Michigan for land for the improvement of the navigation of the rivers in that State ... 975
Commissioner of Land Office to Senate on claim of John Fletcher to land in Louisiana ... 976
Application of Indiana for sale of the reserved lands of the Wabash and Erie canal ... 977
Secretary of Treasury to Senate relative to lands granted to Arkansas for erection of public buildings at Little Rock ... 977
Application of Indiana in relation to claims of French and Canadian settlers at Vincennes ... 983
Secretary of Treasury to House of Representatives relative to confirmed land claims in Louisiana ... 983
Application of Ohio for a donation of lands ... 984
Application of the New England Mississippi Land Company to Senate ... 985
Secretary of Treasury to House of Representatives relative to surveys of public lands in Illinois and Missouri ... 986
For the construction of a road and levee on the public lands in the parish of Plaquemines ... 324
For a grant of land for railroad from Springfield to Liberty ... 324
For an appropriation for levees on the public lands ... 324
For a grant of land for construction of Atchafalaya railroad ... 325
Memorial from citizens of Louisiana for grant of land to Beale's rifle company for services in defence of New Orleans ... 328
Report from Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) granting a new entry on account of conflicting location of land ... 333
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on the establishment of a land office in Louisiana ... 427
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on the petition of John Eloy Rachal ... 428
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (S.) on the petition of Eloy Segura and others ... 452
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on the petition of W. L. S. Dearing ... 455
Secretary of Treasury to House of Representatives in relation to land claims of ... 487
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims on petition of Wm. Conway's heirs ... 497
Secretary of Treasury to House of Representatives on location of land for a seminary in ... 501
Application of legislature for a new land office at Natchitoches ... 548
Application of legislature for increase of pay of officers of the land offices in ... 549
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Application of legislature for settlement of claims held under Spanish grants ... 601
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on claims to land in Louisiana and Arkansas ... 607
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on claims to land in Louisiana ... 663
Secretary of Treasury to House of Representatives on claim of Robert Bell ... 702
Commissioner of General Land Office to Senate on creation of a new land district in ... 705
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on claim of Thomas M. Burland ... 706
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on claim of George Rowe ... 788
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on claim of Polly Lemon ... 913
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on claim in Louisiana ... 914
Secretary of Treasury to House of Representatives on the validity of land claims in the southeastern district of Louisiana ... 918
Secretary of Treasury to Senate on frauds in purchase of land in Louisiana ... 949
Commissioner of Land Office to Senate on claim of John Fletcher ... 976
Secretary of Treasury to House of Representatives relative to confirmed land claims in Louisiana ... 983
Application of legislature for distribution of proceeds of public lands ... 609
In reference to the heirs of Jacob Smith ... 339
Report of Senate Committee on Private Land Claims on petition of Arthur Bronson ... 426
Application of, for survey and sale of public lands in that State ... 514
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on petition of Charles A. Grignon ... 595
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on petition of George C. Willard ... 601
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on petition of Thomas Reddock ... 915
Application of, for land for the improvement of the navigation of the rivers in that State ... 975
Memorial of inhabitants in reference to Choctaw reservations, and for the extension of pre-emption rights ... 337
Memorial of citizens of Mississippi opposed to the locations of the Choctaw reservations in that State ... 430
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on claim of Green Pryor ... 436
Remonstrance of citizens of Mississippi against the manner of executing the 14th article of Dancing Rabbit Creek treaty with Choctaw Indians ... 498
Application for the rejection of certain claims to land ... 506
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on draining lands on Mississippi and Arkansas rivers ... 603
Secretary of the Treasury to House of Representatives on quantity of land entered at Augusta, to 1830 ... 667
Report of select committee (H. R.) in favor of giving effect to the compacts with Alabama and Mississippi in respect to the five per cent. fund ... 697
Application of citizens on Mississippi river for constructing levees ... 709
President of the United State to Senate, with papers in case of Samuel Gwin, register of land office at Chocchuma ... 711
Application of, for grant of land for educational use ... 244
Application for a new land district ... 245
Correspondence in reference to levees for reclaiming overflowed public lands on Missouri river ... 296--315
Application for distribution of funds arising from sale of seminary lands among the primary schools ... 325
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) authorizing a change of entry ... 332, 333
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) against confirming an alleged grant to August Brazeau ... 334
Survey and sale of lands in Scott county ... 336
Memorial of general assembly to require registers of land offices to indorse the fieldnotes of patents for lands ... 338
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R ) on petition of Bernard Rogan ... 429
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on the establishment of a new land office in ... 448
Quantity of lead made from 1821 to 1831 at mines of ... 450
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on petition of John Wiley and Jefferson Greer ... 454
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on petition of John Whitsitt ... 495
Opinion of Supreme Court of United States upon certain land claims in ... 515
Petition of citizens of St. Louis relative to sand-bar in front of St. Louis ... 597
Secretary of the Treasury to House of Representatives relative to surveys of public land in ... 645
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) in favor of land grant for road from Jefferson City to Little Rock ... 670
Secretary of the Treasury to House of Representatives, with opinions and arguments respecting land claims in Missouri ... 789
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Report of Committee on Roads and Canals (H. R.) on title to island opposite St. Louis ... 873
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on claim of James Morrison ... 911
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R ) on claim of Hiner Stigermire ... 917
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (S.) on continuing in force the acts for the adjustment of private land claims in Missouri ... 923
Application of St. Louis for the rejection of any claims to land within the limits of the common of that city ... 975
Secretary of the Treasury to House of Representatives relative to surveys of public land in Missouri and Illinois ... 986
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on petition of "Woodward High School." ... 561
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on petition of James Brewer ... 578
Report of Committee on Public Lands (S.) on ceding to Ohio lands therein ... 590
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (H. R.) on claim of Mary Sroufe ... 932
Application for land granted for the Miami canal, and afterwards sold by the United States ... 937
Application for land lying between the Muskingum and Little Miami rivers ... 984
Report of Committee on Public Lands relative to selection of lands for ... 587
Memorial of general assembly of Alabama in favor of extension of ... 434
Report of Commissioner of General Land Office in relation to frauds in ... 441
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on granting pre-emptions to settlers ... 448
Memorial of general assembly of Alabama for extension of, &c ... 450
Memorial of general assembly of Alabama for exchange of sixteenth sections ... 451
Secretary of Treasury to Senate on the construction of the law granting pre-emption rights to actual settlers ... 510
Application of Michigan for extension of pre-emption law ... 514
Commissioner of General Land Office to Senate on frauds under pre-emption laws ... 535
Secretary of Treasury to Senate on construction of pre-emption laws ... 549
Petition of citizens of St. Louis relative to sand-bar in front of St. Louis ... 597
Secretary of Treasury to House of Representatives relative to frauds under pre-emption laws ... 610
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on claims to pre-emption rights covered by Indian reservations ... 665
Secretary of Treasury to Senate, with statement of land secured to claimants under the pre-emption laws ... 700
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on allowing certain pre-emption claims under the act of June 19, 1834 ... 916
Application of Alabama for extension of pre-emption laws to settlers on lands acquired from the Cherokees ... 926
Application of Wisconsin for extension of pre-emption laws to the lands recently acquired from the Indians ... 928
ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS:
Thomas L. Sumrall's statement ... 711
James McLaran's statement ... 711
Seneca Pratt's statement ... 712
John J. McCaughan's statement ... 712
Robert L. Scott's statement ... 713
Henry S. Foote's statement ... 713
Thomas G. Ringgold's statement ... 713
Jos. S. Young's statement ... 713
John W. Coghlan's statement ... 713
Eli Garner's statement ... 714
Thomas Barnard's statement ... 714
James A. Girault's statement ... 714
Wiley Davis's statement ... 714
James A. Girault's statement ... 714
Wiley Davis's statement ... 714
A. R. Govan's statement ... 714
R. H. Sterling's statement ... 714
Samuel F. Purvine's statement ... 715
John T. Hammond's statement ... 715
Samuel McCall's statement ... 715
T. H. Winter's statement ... 715
Nicholas Gray's statement ... 715
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William Pratt's statement ... 715
William Fanning's statement ... 715
James T. Crawford's statement ... 716
A. L. Humphrey's statement ... 716
Olsimus Kendrick's statement ... 716
John Reed's statement ... 716
James T. Howard's statement ... 716
John H. McKinney's statement ... 716
Thomas Coapwood's statement ... 716
Hiram G. Runnels's statement ... 716
Guilford Griffin's statement ... 716
Hardin D. Runnels's statement ... 717
Jos. A. McRaven's statement ... 717
George Dougherty's statement ... 717
Hiram Coffee's statement ... 717
D. W. Connelly's statement ... 717
John Maxwell's statement ... 717
W. L. Sharkey's statement ... 717
Jos. Person's statement ... 717
David Kerr's statement ... 118
Martin Loggins's statement ... 718
Titus Howard's statement ... 718
William Pruitt's statement ... 718
Samuel Gwin's statement ... 719--739
Robert J. Walker's statement ... 740
Samuel Gwin's memorial ... 747
Secretary of Treasury to House of Representatives on ... 567
Application of Louisiana for grant of land to remove obstructions in Atchafalaya river ... 323
Report of Committee on Private Land Claims (S.) on claim of Wm. Barclay for grant of land for services in exploring Tennessee river ... 937
Application of Illinois for a grant of land on the Illinois river to aid in draining it ... 929
Application of Illinois for a grant of land to aid in improving the Kaskaskia river ... 929
Application of Michigan for grant of land for the improvement of the navigation of the rivers in that State ... 975
For a grant to Louisiana for road and levee in Plaquemines ... 324
Same for a railroad from Springfield to Liberty, Miss ... 324
Same for construction of the Atchafalaya railroad ... 325
Same for construction of the Mobile Bay and Tennessee Valley railroad ... 512
Same for construction of the Missouri and Mississippi railroad ... 531
Same for construction of the East Florida railroad ... 557
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on petition of Illinois Central railroad ... 593
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on granting land to Alabama for railroad ... 666
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) in favor of granting land for road from Jefferson City to Little Rock ... 670
Report of Committee on Roads and Canals (H. R.) on title to island opposite St. Louis ... 873
Application of Illinois to be allowed to exchange valueless sixteenth sections and select others ... 384
Report of Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on petition of Gideon Blackburn ... 577
Exhibiting special sales of land prior to opening land offices ... 3
Amount of army land warrants, United States and Mississippi stock, forfeited land stock, &c., received in payment for land ... 3
Grants of bounties during the late war; grants for colleges, academies, &c., for roads and canals, for seats of government, saline reservations, and common schools ... 3, 4
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Transmitting annual report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office--
DOCUMENTS WITH:
A.--Statement of public lands sold, of cash and scrip received in payment therefor, of incidental expenses, and payments into the treasury on account of public lands, during 1834.
B.--Statement of public lands sold, of cash and scrip received in payment therefor, of incidental expenses, and payments into the treasury on account of public lands, during the first, second, and third quarters of 1835.
C.--Estimate of expenses of General Land Office for 1836.
D.--Estimate of appropriations required for surveying the public lands during the year 1836.
E.--Estimate of salaries in the offices of surveyors general for the year 1836.
F.--Reports and estimates from surveyors general for 1835.
G.--Statement showing the amount of forfeited land stock issued and surrendered at the United States land offices to September 30, 1835; also the amount of military land scrip surrendered to the same period.
H.--Exhibit of periods to which monthly accounts of registers and receivers of public land offices have been rendered; balance in receivers' hands at date of their last monthly accounts, and the periods to which the receivers' quarterly accounts have been rendered ... 4--20
Communication from, showing the claims to land depending in the courts of Florida--
DOCUMENTS WITH:
No. 1.--Abstract--Mill grants ... 250
No. 2.--Abstract of alleged grants for services rendered the Spanish government
No. 3.--Abstract of claims under grants on condition of cultivation
No. 4.--Abstract of miscellaneous cases ... 251
Report on cases contained in Abstract No. 2 ... 254--261
Alphabetical list of patents issued by governors of East Florida by virtue of the royal order of 1790 ... 261--264
Alphabetical list of patents issued by governors of East Florida by virtue of the royal order of 1815 ... 265, 266
Communicating correspondence, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives, relative to levees for reclaiming overflowed lands on the Mississippi, Red, Arkansas, and Missouri rivers--
LETTERS AND PAPERS ACCOMPANYING:
No. 1.--From the Secretary of the Treasury to the Commissioner of the General Land Office.
No. 2.--Circular letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office.
No. 3.--Commissioner of the General Land Office to the Secretary of the Treasury.
No. 4.--Letter from W. G. Bozeman, St. Francis county, Arkansas Territory.
No. 5.--Letter from P. T. Crutchfield, receiver, Little Rock.
No. 6.--Letter from Allen Martin, Little Rock.
No. 7.--Letter from William M. Campbell.
No. 8.--Letter from the register and receiver, Fayetteville, Arkansas Territory.
No. 9.--Letter from T. B. Martin, New Madrid, Missouri.
No. 10.--Letter from William Strong, St. Francis, Arkansas Territory.
No. 11.--Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury to the Commissioner of the General Land Office.
No. 12.--Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office to the Secretary of the Treasury.
No. 13.--Letter from the register and receiver of the land office at Jackson, Missouri.
No. 14.--Letter from J. Brooks
No. 15.--Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office to the Secretary of the Treasury.
No. 16.--Letter from H. T. Williams, surveyor general, Donaldsonville.
No. 18.--Tabular statement aggregating the information given in the foregoing letters ... 296--315
Relative to private land claims at Michilimackinac, Green Bay, and Prairie du Chien, in Michigan ... 315, 316
Communications from the Secretary, relative to land claims in Louisiana--
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, January 6, 1836.
Letter from the register and receiver at New Orleans, December 1, 1835.
Notices of various claims ... 343--381
Transmitting statement of the Register of the Treasury respecting payments for purchase and management of public lands ... 384
In reference to claims and reservations of the Choctaw Indians--
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, in answer to a resolution of the Senate, transmitting correspondence numbered from 1 to 12, and 13 to 18 ... 388--397
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Showing the cost of public lands, quantity surveyed and sold, &c.--
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Letter of Commissioner of General Land Office, January 13, 1836, with statement (A) from the register of same, relative to the cost of the purchase and management of public lands ... 406, 407
Communication from Secretary of Treasury to House of Representatives relative to frauds practiced in relation to pre-emption claims ... 442
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Commissioner of Land Office to Secretary of Treasury ... 443
B. F. Linton to President of the United States ... 444
Commissioner of Land Office to district attorney at Opelousas ... 444
--Morgan to Henry H. Johnson ... 445
Commissioner of Land Office to registers and receivers in Louisiana ... 445
Commissioner of Land Office to surveyor general in Louisiana ... 445
Jeremiah Riggins to Commissioner of General Land Office ... 446
Reuben Collins to Hon. John Black ... 447
H. T. Williams to Commissioner of General Land Office ... 447
Register and receiver at New Orleans to Commissioner of the General Land Office. ... 447
Communication from Secretary of Treasury to House of Representatives relative to the location of Wabash and Erie Canal lands ... 460
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Commissioner of Land Office to Secretary of the Treasury ... 460
Governor of Indiana to Hon. Louis McLane ... 461
Secretary of Treasury to governor of Indiana ... 461
Governor of Indiana to Secretary of the Treasury ... 462
Statement showing the periods when the lands within five miles of the Miami river were proclaimed for sale ... 462
Commissioners of Wabash and Erie canal to Commissioner of General Land Office. ... 464
Governor of Indiana to Commissioner of General Land Office ... 464
Commissioner of General Land Office to governor of Indiana ... 465
Secretary of State of Indiana to Commissioner of General Land Office ... 465
Extracts from the act concerning the Wabash and Miami canal, and the act to construct the Wabash and Erie canal ... 465
Commissioner of Land Office to Secretary of State of Indiana ... 466
Commissioner of Land Office to canal commissioners of Indiana ... 466
Secretary of the Treasury to Commissioner of General Land Office ... 467, 468
Commissioner of General Land Office to Secretary of the Treasury ... 467, 468
Statement of lands within five miles of the Maumee river ... 469
Statement of lands within five miles of the Miami river ... 481
Statement of river lots on the Miami river ... 485
Communication from Secretary of the Treasury to House of Representatives relative to land claims in Louisiana ... 487
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Commissioner of General Land Office to Secretary of Treasury ... 487
Papers from the registers and receivers of land offices in Louisiana ... 488--493
Communication from Secretary of the Treasury to House of Representatives relative to location of land for a seminary in Louisiana ... 501
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Commissioner of General Land Office to Secretary of Treasury ... 501
Governor of Louisiana to Secretary of Treasury ... 502
Surveyor General of Louisiana to governor of Louisiana ... 503
Commissioner of General Land Office to governor of Louisiana ... 504, 505
Governor of Louisiana to Secretary of Treasury ... 505
Communication from Secretary of Treasury relative to the construction of the pre-emption laws ... 510
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Secretary of Treasury to Attorney General ... 510
Commissioner of General Land Office to Secretary of Treasury ... 510
Attorney General United States to Secretary of Treasury ... 510 Secretary of Treasury to Commissioner of General Land Office ... 510
Communication from Secretary of Treasury to House of Representatives relative to unsatisfied military land warrants ... 511
Communication from Secretary of Treasury to Senate relative to construction of preemption laws of May 29, 1830, and June 19, 1834 ... 549
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Commissioner of General Land Office to Secretary of Treasury ... 549
Commissioner of General Land Office, circular ... 550
Commissioner of General Land Office, circular ... 554
Communication from Secretary of Treasury to Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) on reorganization of General Land Office ... 567
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Commissioner of General Land Office to Committee on Public Lands (H. R.) ... 568
Chief clerk of General Land Office to Commissioner of General Land Office ... 570
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Statement of arrears of work in General Land Office, January 1, 1836 ... 575
Accountant and draughtsman to chief clerk of General Land Office ... 576
Communication from Secretary of Treasury to House of Representatives relative to frauds under the pre-emption laws ... 610
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS
Commissioner of General Land Office to Secretary of Treasury ... 611
District attorney of Louisiana to President of the United States ... 614
Commissioner of General Land Office to register at Opelousas ... 615
Commissioner of General Land Office to registers and receivers ... 615
Jeremiah Riggins to Commissioner of General Land Office ... 616
Reuben Collins to Hon. John Black ... 617
Surveyor general of Louisiana to Commissioner of General Land Office ... 617
Samuel Gwin to Commissioner of General Land Office ... 618, 633
John Erwin to Commissioner of General Land Office ... 624
Affidavits from Sumter county, Alabama ... 625
Gideon Fitz to Commissioner of General Land Office ... 627, 629, 632
Commissioner of General Land Office to Gideon Fitz ... 628, 630
Commissioner of General Land Office to Samuel Gwin ... 629
Commissioner of General Land Office to register and receiver, circular ... 634
Communication from Secretary of Treasury to House of Representatives relative to surveys of the public lands in Illinois and Missouri ... 645
ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS:
Commissioner of General Land Office to Secretary of Treasury ... 646
Surveyor general of Missouri to Commissioner of General Land Office ... 648--652
Surveyor general of Missouri to Register of the Treasury ... 652
Communication from Secretary of the Treasury to House of Representatives relative to amount of land sold and unsold, grants, &c.--
ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS:
Commissioner of General Land Office to Secretary of Treasury ... 668
Register of Treasury to Commissioner of General Land Office ... 670
Communication from Secretary of Treasury to Senate relative to quantity of land secured under the pre-emption laws ... 700
ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS
Commissioner of General Land Office to Secretary of Treasury ... 700
Statement of quantity of land ... 701
Communication from Secretary of Treasury to House of Representatives on a claim to land in Louisiana--
ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS:
Commissioner of General Land Office to Secretary of Treasury ... 702
Register and receiver of New Orleans to Secretary of Treasury ... 703
Communication from Secretary of Treasury to House of Representatives relative to land claims in Missouri ... 789
ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS:
Commissioner of General Land Office to Secretary of Treasury ... 789
List of papers from Hon. David Burton ... 789
Report of assistant counsel for the United States ... 789--797
James H. Peck to Commissioner of General Land Office ... 797
James H. Peck to Commissioner of General Land Office ... 810--832
David Burton to Commissioner of General Land Office ... 832
Abstract from register of arpentage ... 848, 870
Communication from Secretary of Treasury to Senate relative to confirmation of sale of public lands in certain cases ... 888
ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENT:
Commissioner of General Land Office to Secretary of Treasury ... 888
Communication from Secretary of Treasury to House of Representatives relative to the operations of the General Land Office during 1836 ... 890
ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS:
Commissioner of General Land Office to Secretary of Treasury ... 892
Statement of public lands sold, &c. ... 893
Estimate of expenses of General Land Office for 1837 ... 896
Robert T. Lytle to Commissioner of General Land Office ... 899
Edward Tiffin to Commissioner of General Land Office ... 900
Daniel Dunklin to Commissioner of General Land Office ... 901
Edward Cross to Register of the Treasury of United States ... 903
H. T. Williams to Commissioner of General Land Office ... 904
James H. Weakley to Commissioner of General Land Office ... 905
Robert Butler to Commissioner of General Land Office ... 905
Communication from Secretary of Treasury to House of Representatives relative to the five per cent. proceeds of public lands to new States ... 917
ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENT:
Statement of Register ... 917
Communication from Secretary of Treasury to House of Representatives relative to the validity of land claims in Louisiana ... 918
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ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS:
Commissioner of General Land Office to Secretary of Treasury ... 919
Register and receiver at New Orleans to Secretary of Treasury ... 920
Communication from Secretary of Treasury to Senate relative to statements of money received for public lands ... 933
ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS:
Commissioner of General Land Office to Secretary of Treasury ... 933
Statement of money received in each month of 1836 ... 934 Circular to receivers ... 935
Communication from Secretary of Treasury to House of Representatives relative to the operations of the Fort Wayne land office in 1836 ... 938
ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS:
Secretary of Treasury to receiver at Fort Wayne ... 938
Secretary of Treasury to Commissioner of General Land Office ... 939
Receiver at Fort Wayne to Secretary of Treasury ... 939
H. McCullock to Secretary of Treasury ... 940
Wm. Hendricks to Secretary of Treasury ... 940
Secretary of Treasury to John Spencer ... 941
Secretary of Treasury to Wm. Hendricks ... 941
John Spencer to Secretary of Treasury ... 941
J. McCarty to Secretary of Treasury ... 942
James Whitcomb to Secretary of Treasury ... 943
John Spencer to Commissioner of General Land Office ... 943
Commissioner of General Land Office to Secretary of Treasury ... 943
Commissioner of General Land Office to Nathaniel West ... 944
Nathaniel West to Commissioner of General Land Office ... 945
Communication from Secretary of Treasury to Senate relative to frauds in purchase of lands in Louisiana ... 949
ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS:
Commissioner of General Land Office to Secretary of Treasury ... 949
Secretary of Treasury to Commissioner of General Land Office ... 950
District attorney of Louisiana to President of United States ... 951
Commissioner of General Land Office to Secretary of Treasury ... 951
Commissioner of General Land Office to register at Opelousas ... 951
Commissioner of General Land Office to V. M. Garesche ... 953
"Public Land Notices."--Cautions ... 955
Commissioner of General Land Office to registers and receivers in Louisiana ... 957
V. M. Garesche to Commissioner of General Land Office ... 958, 966
V. M. Garesche to Secretary of Treasury ... 962, 967
V. M. Garesche to President of the United States ... 965
Communication from Secretary of Treasury to Senate relative to grant of lands to Arkansas ... 972
ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS:
Commissioner of General Land Office to Secretary of Treasury ... 972
John Pope to Louis McLane ... 973
John Pope to Commissioner of General Land Office ... 973
John Pope to Secretary of Treasury ... 981, 983
Communication from Secretary of Treasury to House of Representatives relative to confirmed land claims in Louisiana ... 983
ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS:
Commissioner of General Land Office to Secretary of Treasury ... 984
Communication from Secretary of Treasury to House of Representatives relative to surveys of public lands in Illinois and Missouri ... 986
ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS:
Commissioner of General Land Office to Secretary of Treasury ... 986
Daniel Dunklin to Commissioner of General Land Office ... 987, 988, 992
J. W. Stephenson to Surveyor General of Land Office ... 992
E. T. Langham to Surveyor General of Land Office ... 999
Statement of surveys ... 993, 994
Relative to private land claims in Michilimackinac, Prairie du Chien, and Green Bay, in Michigan ... 315, 316
Application of, for the expenditure of money arising from the sale of town lots to improve the streets in said towns ... 930